Well been looking on Twitter and James Gordon says a new halfback, and scored against Widnes as a clue.That is a few halfbacks but i feel is Mellor he is talking about.Hopefully if Scott Taylor goes to Hull we can get Tickle.We need a centre,prop,Secondrower and a hooker for me.We was lucky our Secondrowers never got injured much last year and with McShane going back we need a replacement.Dean and Marsh are ok centres but we need another TKL type of player.Phelps and Marsh would be my choice of centres but depends on Briscoe if injury free.

I can see 3 ways of looking at this, the club are either keeping everything under wraps and announcing everyone at once (for instance Marsh and Mellor have signed but still haven't been announced yet?)

2. The club are still negotiating deals as touched upon with Tickle.

3. We've lost out on identified targets and are having to explore other players.

Stating the obvious a little but we have no choice but to sit and wait for that magic stronghold text


We need a prop, centre, second row and Hooker.

Does not look good on the signings for next year.We virtually have the same squad and added Kev Brown.Lost Watts,Moore,Finnigan,Haggerty,and Kite.Not all a lost to be honest,but not added much on top of these players.What annoys me is SOC gives Bradford £10,000, and money from away fans that Bradford brought to their coffers.We sign nobody and Bradford are resigning players in a decent squad.If we signed players like Tickle,decent prop and McShane i be more than happy.I feel bottom of the league again unless a few signings.

I think if we haven't added further to the squad by the 1st week in November then were likely to have missed out on targets as Denis would want them all in for pre season training (with the exception of any overseas signings). its easy to look on things negatively but having a good number six will go a long way to improving our attack. Having Briscoe and kavanagh back will be like having a couple of new signings.

looking around at the other teams i don't see why we should overly panic, salford for instance have let some real quality go who haven't yet been replaced, london and wakey don't appear to have added much either.

just to break it down....

Full Back

Shaun Briscoe
Jack Owens

Wing

Willie Isa
Paddy Flynn
Patrick Ah Van

Centre

Cameron Phelps
Stefan Marsh
Chris Dean

Stand Off

Kevin Brown
Joe Mellor

Scrum Half

Rhys Hanbury
Danny Craven

Prop

Ben Cross
Steve Pickersgill
Ben Kavanagh
Ben Davies
Eamon O'carroll
Alex Gerrard

Hooker

Lloyd White
Thomas Coyle

Second Row

Frank Winterstein
Dave Allen
Macgraff Leuluai

Loose Forward

Hep Cahill
Jon Clarke

I have left out some of the younger lads from that list as they're unlikely to feature but its clear to me that were lacking a second rower 1st of all, i know a few wouldn't be that impressed but someone like Luke Adamson would fit in that bracket reasonably well, he's a strong defender and is still only young, perhaps in his case he just needs a change of club having been at Salford a good few years. The second position is centre, feck knows who is available that we could get but i think we need another option in that position.

Being greedy mcshane would be a dream but how likely is that i don't know.

Andrew Dixon (saints) still isnt signed yet, he would do a decent job for us as competition in the second row.

Agreed. Excellent player, surely can't just be Salford in for him? (Guessing delay as they sorting out finances / investment etc). He'd be ideal for us IMO.

Of course we need a few more but sort out a good Hooker and we'll be a much better side than last year. It's easy to forget how well we progressed and injuries we had (especially Briscoe) and adding Kevin Brown does add a hell of a lot to our attack!

A Secondrower is a must, as we will struggle if get a few injuries in that postion.Leuluai is just not good enough at this level.Hooker,Centre,and possibly one prop, as Gerrard still developing.Be interesting how White and Coyle interchange but i like someone quality in this postion.Dixon or Tickle be nice if Hull release or find another Secondrower.

Mmmm doesnt like were signing any body then , apart from Brown , mellor and marsh been with us all season so dont see them as new signings, seems all the high grade been signed up then only the poop left Dont think there will be many taking up the season tickets offers till we now whos coming people wont be fooled next season for sure

I wouldn't worry just yet. The club could be negotiating a few things overseas and as always some of what we might be trying to do depends on a bit of other business being done before it. I genuinely don't think we've finished yet.

Just wait and see. Ideally we would like all of our business done nice and early but the main thing is adding quality that will improve the squad. We're probably in that unfortunate position again of trying to convince better players to move to a side that finished bottom last year.

Dr chim thanks for that , well hope thats the case with Cull going hope its not for other reasons , id like some Big props like Mark O meally type , and Danny Tickle would be a great signing and even though i like Shaun Briscoe feel hes a bit battered with injuries if you know what i mean Harry Ill be P----d off if wakefeild sign better than us this year like last year Tim Smith , Ali Lauatiti, no Excuse accepted from me if we dont sign Good this year no hope for our third year , fingers x though

Looks like a Secondrower and a back according to t widnes forum.

Sounds promising to me just hope there big game players with pedigree

We don't need to overhaul every year, it never works. We started to play well last season, we just need to tinker a little I think. One or two fresh faces nothing major needed just yet.

I agree chris But if we dont kick on next year with recruits will put the club under immense pressure to perform in the 3rd and most important year ,they need to be gelling next season as we know can take a good season to do that , and after a dreadful start last season with injuries and sackings off two of our strongest signings hopefully well kick on